Distributed internet backup system
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| Distributed internet backup system | |
| Developer: | Emin Martinian |
|---|---|
| Latest release: | 0.93 / 2006-04-13 |
| OS: | Cross-platform |
| Use: | Backup |
| License: | BSD license |
| Website: | http://sourceforge.net/projects/dibs |
Distributed Internet Backup System (DIBS) is a system for backing up data by exchanging it with peers on the Internet.
The goal of the project is to provide a simple, secure, and robust backup system. The driving philosophy behind DIBS rests on the fact that disk drives are relatively cheap; "backup should be cheap too" states the project's website.
Mirroring your own data by adding more storage to your computer is less than ideal because a fire, flood, power surge, etc. could still wipe out your local data center. Instead, DIBS gives your files to peers (and in return stores their files) so that, in the event of a catastrophe, you can recover data from surviving peers.
Note that DIBS is a backup system not a file sharing system like Napster, Gnutella, Kazaa, etc. In fact, DIBS automatically encrypts all data transmissions so that the peers with which you exchange files can not access your data.
